Whether measured by surveys of crime victims or by police statistics, serious crime rates are not generally higher in the United States than England. According to 1995 victim surveys--which measure robbery, assault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft--crime rates are all higher in England than the United States. According to latest (1996) police statistics--which measure incidents reported to police of murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft--crime rates are higher in England for three crimes: assault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft. The 1996 crime rate for a fourth crime (robbery) would have been higher in England than the United States had English police recorded the same fraction of robberies that came to their attention as American police.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Crime and Justice in the United States and in England and Wales, 1981-96


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    114 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Car availability change in England and Wales 1971–1981

    Axhausen, Kay W. | Online Contents | 1995



    Suicide in United States Army Personnel, 1981-1982

    J. M. Rothberg / N. L. Rock / F. D. Jones | NTIS | 1984



    Lighthouses of England and Wales

    Leach, Nicholas / Denton, Tony | SLUB | 2018